Slaterville School and Meeting House

Located on this site were the Slaterville School and LDS Meeting House. The Slaterville School operated from 1910 into the 1940s, teaching youth from Slaterville Settlement. After the Marriott School was demolished, Slaterville School served students from Marriott. The Slaterville LDS Meeting House was also located on this site. It was constructed at a cost of $10,000. It served as a center for the community from February 24, 1915, until it was demolished on March 24, 1968. The site was subsequently donated to the Slaterville Ward as a perpetual park. In 2007, the park was transferred to Marriott-Slaterville City and the bowery and playground were reconstructed.

Marriott-Slaterville City Historical Marker historical marker #9, located at Slaterville Park at 250 North 2250 West in Marriott-Slaterville, Utah

Marriott Settlement Meeting House

John Marriott, an English immigrant and pioneer, permanently settled here in 1855, founding Marriott Settlement or Marriottsville. Other families soon arrived including the Butler, Elmer, Hodson, Morris, and Stanger families. In 1856, the Marriott branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed. Marriott Ward was incorporated on March 22, 1882, and a meeting house was built near this site in 1893. On September 25, 1965, the meeting house was demolished.

Marriott-Slaterville City Historical Marker historical marker #2, located at 1192 West 1200 South in Marriott-Slaterville, Utah

Hyrum Willard Marriott and Ellen Morris Marriott Farm

Hyrum Willard Marriott was the sixth son of John Marriott and Elizabeth Stewart. He married Ellen Morris, a daughter of William Morris. Together they raised a family of four boys and four girls near this site. The family farmed this ground, some of the richest farmland in Utah. The Weber River courses along the south of the farm depositing fertile sediments and carving oxbow ponds on its travels to the Great Salt Lake. This farm includes a portion of the “U” Pond, an oxbow pond, which was popular in the community for ice skating parties. In addition to farming, Hyrum was a butcher, leather worker, and sheep rancher. He served in the bishopric of the Marriott Ward for 17 years and as a member of the Utah legislature. This farm is preserved in perpetuity by Marriott-Slaterville City, and made possible, in part, by a generous donation from the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.

Marriott-Slaterville City Historical Marker historical marker #7, located at 2271 West 700 South in Marriott-Slaterville, Utah

Rivers’ Confluence

The confluence of the Ogden River and the Weber River has shaped this valley since Lake Bonneville receded. These waters supported the Shoshone people and their native predecessors. The rivers also supported early explorers and trappers, such as Miles Goodyear and John Fremont, who were later followed by pioneer settlers. The area was covered by cottonwood forests and plentiful wildlife. Spring flooding stretched the rivers a mile wide. Near this site John Marriott dug an irrigation system still in use today.

Marriott-Slaterville City Historical Marker historical marker #1, located at 903 West 1700 South (17th Street) in Marriott-Slaterville, Utah